this ones for me & everyone healing from sexual violence “When people hurt you, they also teach you. There’s a lesson in everything. And sometimes we don’t wanna go to school, and that’s fair enough. And then other times, we’re feeling curious, and one day when you think of what happened to you, it might be with curiosity, not pain, and one day it might even be with gratitude for who you’ve become, or maybe it won’t, it doesn’t matter. The point is, things are shifting constantly, and you have every right to feel frustrated, desperate even. But time will do what it’s meant to do, I promise. Take it day by day, cherish the easier, softer moments, convene with people who understand, validate, believe you and make you laugh. Nurture and spoil yourself. Let yourself crumble. Love always, over and over again. You will get through this. You are already through this. Remember, the body might keep the score, but it remembers joy too.”